Lady of the Lake: Chapter 30 – Love Changes Everything
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[email protected]Subject: Re: Saturday
Hi Honey
Thank you for your email. First of all, there’s nothing to forgive in relation to the timing of your message. I’m just glad you did contact us. Ginny set up my phone to receive emails so I got your email immediately after Bors won his archery competition. I have to say, we’re all exceedingly astonished at your news.
Secondly, congratulations on your nuptials. Our deepest wish is that you would find happiness and we sincerely hope that you will enjoy years of wedded bliss.
Morgana, I am not surprised that when the going got tough, you turned to the man you love. That’s perfectly natural. And I really do understand that you didn’t want to wait to marry him. But I wish you had given us a chance to be there for you. Ginny is particularly upset because she so wanted to be your bridesmaid.
And Bors... well... he is more than a wee bit affronted that your Thornton didn’t even attempt to seek his permission for your hand in marriage. Let’s just say that back in the old country, Bors would have had to challenge Thornton to a duel for the impropriety. Even after all these years in Dragon Valley, it’s still not easy for him to let go of the old ways. But thank goodness times have changed!
Morgana, while I do understand your sudden marriage, I’m disappointed your Thornton asked you to forsake your fairy powers. I think he should learn to accept you as you are, and being a fairy is an essential part of who you are.
Still, Morgana, ultimately it is your life and you’re the only one who can live it. But since I know how much you liked chilling in your Fairy Castle with some pollen punch, I’m sending you a couple of batches of Bottled Blessing of the Fae and some Cure Elixirs, so you can turn back and forth whenever you want to. You just never know when you might need your auras, especially your soothing aura. Lance told me how you used your auras to help him and your classmates do well at uni.
We’d love to visit you for the holidays if that’s okay. Would there be enough room for us all?
Love always
Mum
PS: What’s Thornton like and will we meet him at Galeas’ graduation?
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Secret Men’s Business II Hi Mum and Dad,
I’m going away with The Doctor for a while. I have heaps to learn because there is so much responsibility that comes with becoming a Time Lord. The Doctor has modified my smart phone so if you need to contact me, you can call me anywhere and anytime.
I’ve told Galeas only that I’ll be away for a while. I know he’s disappointed that neither of us has stayed the distance at uni but seriously, he’s the one with the big ambitions.
I’ll visit Dragon Valley whenever I can. I guess I sound self-centered but I know you’ll understand that this is what I have to do right now. 
Love to all.
Lance
From: DuGaunnes.B&
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[email protected]Subject: Re: Secret Men’s Business II
Hi Lance,
Thanks for letting us know your plans. Your father and I have expected this for some time, and we hope that everything works out well for you. Don’t forget to keep honing your wizard powers because I’m sure they will come in just as handy as a sonic screwdriver.
Please visit when you can, your little sisters miss you a lot. Bronwyn, has been practically inconsolable since you’ve been gone. We all love you very much so take care of yourself and keep us in the loop about your adventures.
Love always,
Mum
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Touch Base
Hi Mum and Dad,
Thanks so much for the package of elixirs. I will use them because I didn’t realise how much I missed those powers. Thornton says he’s afraid for me being a fairy because I could have a long lonely life when he passes. I think that’s sweet. And maybe when we’re older, I can take an aging elixir and just grow old gracefully with him.
Okay, can we hold off on that visit for a while? The thing is... Thornton doesn’t particularly like kids. Well... other people’s kids anyway. When I told him that Bronwyn and Daisy were still rugrats, he sort of had a major panic attack. 
Anyway there’s only one bedroom at Wolff Manor so it would be everybody in sleeping bags on the living room floor (which actually sounds like it would be a lot of fun, but not exactly Thornton’s style).
Thornton will try to come with me to Galeas’ graduation. He has some very high powered conference that was booked ages ago, but he’s trying to wriggle out of it so he can come with me.
To tell the truth, I am a bit worried about Dad meeting him. Dad would take Thornton to task on too many fronts. Dad still works out a lot, so it would be a one-sided contest. I don’t want to scare Thornton with the DuGaunnes clan just yet and especially not en masse.
I decided to transfer my university enrolment from face-to-face to on-line through the Open Universities, so I could take a job at the local hospital here and I’m starting pretty much at the bottom. I think it’s important to work my way up the ladder so I can understand and appreciate all the different roles people in the hospital have in patient care. My days are really full on, so Thornton and I aren’t planning any children just yet. I haven’t yet told him that I want to have at least five children someday. I just made Paramedic so after I get through my medical residency, we’ll reassess our situation.
What’s Thornton like? Well that’s a tough one to explain. I think you deserve the truth. 
90% of the time, he’s really sweet and everything any woman would want in a husband, but at other times... I don’t quite know how to phrase this... I sometimes think he’s got some sort of life plan and marriage was on that plan merely as the ‘proper thing to do’ rather than the natural progression of falling in love. 
Twice I’ve caught him looking at his wedding ring and covering it up and looking around sheepishly to see if anyone notices. He talks a lot about his father but not much about his mother or their marriage or his childhood. I get the impression that his parent’s marriage wasn’t a happy or loving one, so he lacks a good role model.
Thornton was an only child. He once said the best thing about his childhood was that it was over! I can’t imagine how that must have been because I have such wonderful memories of my childhood.
Despite Dad being strict, his priority was always our health, safety and happiness. Our house was always full of love and laughter. I still smile when I recall the times Dad would call you ‘my Lady’ and you would call him ‘my Lord’. Dad treated you like you were royalty and that you two adored each other, was evident in every fibre of your being. Having seen that, it’s not surprising that I want to replicate that for my own marriage.
And since I have had perfect parental role models and a wonderful childhood, I know Thornton and I can make this work. Thornton has been by himself too long and is not used to sharing his thoughts and feelings. We simply need time for adjustment so we can work through our issues. I say this with confidence because I remembered what you said your Godfather told you about true love, and well, I’m sure that’s Thornton and me. I’m not blind to his flaws but I still love him so much.
Love to all
Morgana Wolff
From: DuGaunnes.B&
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[email protected]Subject: Re: Touch Base
Hi Honey,
Thanks for your email. Okay we won’t make plans to visit Sunset Valley until you’re more settled with your work and your marriage. We’re all really looking forward to seeing you for Galeas’ graduation. He’s doing really well. You did know that Galeas asked Connor to move in with him after Blair finished her studies? He said he wasn’t lonely but I think he was.
Bors and I were thinking of taking the girls to Paradise Island for the holidays. Ginny is very keen to try scuba diving and is hoping to find a mermaid called Ariel. Maybe she watched too much Disney channel growing up.
Lance might miss the graduation because he has decided to defer his studies and go off travelling with The Doctor, so don’t expect more than the odd text or email from him.
Don’t worry too much about your father’s reaction. All he and I want for all our children is that they find someone to love them as much as we do. We love you unconditionally and you can be sure we will always be there for you, no matter what we may feel personally about your choices. Good judgement generally comes from experience and most of life’s learning experiences comes from poor judgement. But if the unthinkable happens and things do go pear-shaped, please don’t be too hard on yourself.
I never had the chance to tell you this, but your mother was one of the most gentle and giving women I ever met. There’s absolutely nothing I wouldn’t do for her and raising you, well, it’s been my pleasure to see you become the woman she could have been had circumstances been different. We love you Morgana, not because of who your mother was, but for who you are. A child never has much say in how they are raised, but as an adult you have 100% control of who you become and we are all so very proud of the woman you have become.
We know you’re really busy with your new life, but please remember to relax and have fun from time to time. I recently saw a quote from your old favourite movie star who said, “Family is not an important thing. It’s everything!” ** In the language of your generation, it totally is!
Love you always,
Mum and Dad.
LATER...
1 Dead and 4 Injured in Hospital ExplosionReporter: Connor FrioAt approximately 1:08 PM Wednesday the autoclave on the second floor of the Sunset Valley’s Sacred Spleen Memorial Hospital suffered a serious malfunction injuring several staff. Paramedic Morgana Wolff was first on the scene tending to the wounded, when a second malfunction caused the unit to explode, fatally wounding Bed Pan Cleaner, Ian Bowler, and seriously injuring Ms Wolff. OSHA is investigating the incident.
Story continued page 6...** Quote from Michael J Fox
